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VOL. XXVI.
CYCLONE DOES
SOME DAMAGE
Heavy Wind Passes Near
Here and Comes Near
Proving Serious.
On Friday morning last the
heaviest rainfall of years oc
curred in this vicinity, and was
accompanied darkness. The rain
fell in blinding sheets, and roads
and fields were badly washed.
The severest part of the gale
struck the farms of Messrs. L.
C. Mcßae and Everett Adams.
Mr. Adams’ residence was al-!
most demolished, being blown
from the pillars and one end be
ing moved six feet from where
it stood on the foundation. The [
chimneys were blown down and
the sashes badly wrecked. The
glass from the windows was
blown with such force against
the ceiling as to cut into the
plank across the grain of the
wood.
Mr. Adams came up in time to.
be knocked down by a fiying i
brick, and found himself several
rods away from where he fell.
Two lamps knocked from the
mantel near the fire place set the
house on fire, but prompt work
prevented its quick destruction.
Much timber and fencing was
blown down, and the loss was
considerable.
Higgston Post office Robbed.
On Friday night the postoffice
at Higgston and the store of Mr.
W. M. Thompson, both in the
same building, were robbed.
About $lO4 was taken, about half
belonging to the office funds and
the other to Mr. Thompson. No
stamps or money order blanks
were missed. The family resides
in the same building (formerly
used as a hotel), but the high
wind prevailing prevented the
disturbance from awakening
them. No trace of the robbers
has been found.
Candidate for Commissioner.
In this week’s paper will be
found the announcement of Mr.
F. C. McGahee for county com
missioner. It is of great im
portance to the people of Mont
gounty just at this time to choose
good men to manage its finances
and road work. Mr. McGahee is
an intelligent and energetic citi
zen of the extreme west side,
and if called to look after the in
terests of his county would meas
ure up to the requirements of a
good and efficient official.
Coleman —James.
The many friends and school
mates of Miss Mary Coleman, a
former pupil and a graduate of
the Union Baptist Institute, will
interested to learn of her mar
riage to Professor James, princi
pal of the Belleyille District
School. The interesting event
took place on the 9th inst., and
was a quiet wedding. As a school
girl, Mrs. James was exceedingly
popular here.
Mr. McKay Quite 111.
Mcßae, Ga., March 17. —J, A.
McKay, Sr., has been ill for sev
eral weeks, and his condition is
still critical. His children have
all been called to his bedside, also
his sister. Mr. McKay is one of
the oldest citizens of Telfair coun
ty, and during his days of useful
ness he was considered one of the 1
best farmers. The family is prom
inent and his many friends will
regret to learn of his illness. His
health has not been good for
years.
Fine, extra value cabbage
plants, for sale at Peterson’s
store, Ailey, Ga. L
Kemp School.
i
j Special Correspondence.
The farmers are very busy try
ing to get ready for planting.
I
Miss Lillian Brigman was the
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Adams
and family Saturday and Sunday.
The entertainment given by
Miss Lola Coleman Saturday
night was enjoyed by all.
I
j Miss Alice Whitaker of near
Cochran, Ga., was the guest of
her sister. Miss Dessie Whitaker,
Saturday and Sunday.
j
Mr. Dannie Horne attended
Sunday school at Tarrytown Sun
| afternoon.
Mr. Willie Braddy and Misses
! Minnie Canady and Lola Coleman
attended church at Tarrytown
Sunday.
Miss Reta Sammons, the tele
phone operator of Soperton visit
ed her home Sunday.
JOHN 0. PHILLIPS DEAD
One of the County’s Pioneer
Citizens.
Mr. John D. Phillips, one of
the oldest and best known citizens
of Montgomery county, passed
away at his home north of here
on the 12th inst., after a contin
; ued illness.
Mr. Phillips was seventy-four
year of age, and the father of a
large family,, five sons and four
daughters surving him, Mrs. Jas.
W. Adams of Route No. 1 being '
a daughter.
The funeral service was con
ducted by Rev. J. D. Rabun of
I the Baptist church, and was at
| tended by a concourse of friends
! and relatives.
! Petition for Incorporation.
. Georgia—Telfair County.
To the Honorable Philip Cook, Secretary of State,
j Atlanta, Ga: The petition of G. A. Burch, .J. C.
Willcox, J. J. Willcox, W. A. Larkey, W. A.
Clark, W. VV. Lott, W. It. Jones, M. Jones and F.
ft. Mann, all of the town of Jacksonville, Telfair
county and Suite of Georgia; and T. J. Williams,
: J. M. Williams, Young Rawlins and J. W. Rawlins,
all of Milan, said county and state;and J. W.Cam
j eron, G. T. Holland, Max L. Mcßae, H. P. Whid-
I don, E. F. Mcßae, O. F. Mcßae, A. S. J. Mcßae,
| F. A. Smith, T. J. Smith, E. I). Graham, E. W.
1 Graham, W. B. Folsom, W. H. Born, C. M. Till
j man, P. E. Callihan, W. I). Horton, W. A. McGee,
Eugene Talmadge, S. P. Akin, W. K. Brooks,
L. L. Campbell, D. J. Mcßae, M. L. McGee,
G. C. Williams, C. A. Ryals, Wright Campbell,
A. L. Ryals, G. 11. Harris, J. L. Willcox, J. S.
Willcox, R. T. Willcox, Geo. M. Willcox, Tom
Eason, J. F. Cook, W. B. Smith, Hamilton Burch,
j A. A. McLean, Jr., B. M. Frizzelle, L. C. Harrell,
i T. W. Boothe, B. M. Kennon, J. R. Brad field, T.
P. Windsor, Peter Griffith, W. L. Flanders, all of
the town of Mcßae, said county and state, whose
I names hereto were subscribed by each, respect
: fully shows:
Ist. That they desire to form a railroad compa
-1 ny, a corporation, pursuant to the provisions of
the Act of the General Assembly of Georgia, ap
proved December the 20th, 1892, Code section 2577
to 2599 inclusive.
2d. The name of the railroad company which
petitioners desire to have incorporated is to lie the
“Jacksonville, Mcßae and Northern Rail way Com
pany.’’
3d. The length of the road, as near as can be
estimated, will be about sixty miles.
4th. Said road will run from a point on the Oc
mulgee river at or near Jacksonville, Telfair
county, Georgia, in a northerly direction trior near
Dublin, in the county of Laurens and State of
Georgia.
sth. The counties through which said road will
probably run arc Telfair, Montgomery and Lau
rens; and the names of the principal places from,
through and to which it is to be constructed are
, Jacksonville, Mcßae and Dublin.
Oth. The amount of the proposed capital stock
is fifty thousand dollars in shares of one hundted
dollars each, all of said stock to lie common stock
1 of equal dignity.
7th. Petitioners desire to be incorporated as
! aforesaid for and during the term of fifty years.
Bth. The principal office of the proposed incor
, poration will be the town of Mcßae, in Telfair
county, said state.
9th. Petitioners do intend in good faith to go
' forward without delay to secure subscriptions to
: the capital stock, construct, equip, maintain and
1 operate said road.
10th. Petitioners show that they have given
four weeks notice of their intention to apply for a
charter by publication according to law.
Wherefore, they pray to be incorporated under
the laws of this state.
G. A. Burch, J. C. Willcox, J. J. Wilcox,
W. A. Larkey, W. A. Clark, W. W. Lott,
W. R. Jones, M. Jones, F. R. Mann,
T. J. Williams, J. M. Williams, Young
Rawlins, J. W. Rawlins, J. W. Cameron, G. T.
• Holland, Max L. Mcßae, H. P. Whiddon, E. F.
Mcßae, <). F. Mcßae, A. S. J. Mcßae, F. A.Smith, j
i T. J. Smith, E. D. Graham, E. W. Graham, W. B. j
Folsom, W. 11. Born, C. M. Tillman, P. E. Callihan,
: W. A. McGee, Eugene Talma/1 ge, S. P. Akin, W. I
, K. Brooks, L. L. Campbell. W. D. Horton, D.
I J. Mcßae, M. L. McGee. G. C. Williams, C. A. I
Ryals, Wright Campbell, A. L. Ryals, G.
I li. Harris, J. L Willcox, J. S. Willcox, R. T. Will- I
cox, Geo. M. Willcox, Tom Eason, J. F. Cook, W. j
j B. Smith, Hamilton Burch, A. A. McLean, Jr., B.
M Frizzelle, L. C. Harrell, T. W. Boothe, B. M. I
Kennon, J. R. Bradficld, T. P.|Windsor, Peter
, Gnffiih and W. L. Flanders, Petitioners.
W\ S. Mann, Atty. for Petitioners.
Preached Sunday.
Rev. D. E. Palmer of Kibbee
preached an excellent sermon at
the home of Mr. J. S. Williamson
Sunday night. He also filled his
■ regular appointment at Oak Grove j
'Church. He is an interesting,
talker and a wide-awake farmer, j
—Visitor. '
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 21. 1912.
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General News Items
Told in Short Meter.
Great damage to property and |
the loss of several lives resulted
from the great floods and winds
of last week.
j On Wednesday night of last
i week, Dr. J. T. Clovin, mayor of
Odum, was shot and wounded as
he was leaving his office by some;
one in the dark.
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The boiler of a Southern Pa-1
cific locomotive exploded with
terrific force in the yard at San
Antonio, Texas on Monday. The
boiler was blown three blocks, a
number of buildings demolished
and about twenty-five persons
; killed.
Mrs. Lorillard, wife of Beeck
man Lorillard, a nephew of
Pierre Lorillard, the snuff mag
nate, committed suicide in her
apartments in New York Satur
day by hanging.
The authorities of Virginia and
North Carolina have joined
forces to capture the Allen clan
at Hillsville, Va., who murdered
the judge, sheriff and other per
sons in the Carroll county court
last week.
Miss Clara Barton, founder of
the Red Cross Society, is quite ill
at her home in Washington. She
is now over ninety years old, and
is one of the world’s greatest
characters. |
| The Hibernian society of Sa- ,
vannah celebrated its 100th birth
day Monday night. The society
got telegrams from several other
societies. Gen. P. W. Meldrim
j was re-elected president, and the
other officers were also again
elected.
W. H. Spencer, an iron worker
engaged on the new hotel build
ing in Savannah, stepped on a
plank on the fourth story which
tilted and dropped him to the:
ground. He died in a few hours. ;
OLD CITIZEN OF
LAURENS DEAD
Mr. T. H. Pope died at the
home of his son near Chappell’s
mill Tuesday last from illness
brought on by old age. He was
7G years old and had been miller
at Chappell’s mil! for 37 years, j
and was one of the best known
citizens of the county.
Mr. Pope is survived by one
brother, Mr. C. S. Pope, by his
son, Mr. S. F. Pope, and several
grand-children. He was a man
of integrity and character and
was well liked by all who knew
him. His remains were buried
at Oak Grove Wednesday last, j
He had a host of friends in the j
county who regret very much to 1
hear of his death and extend,
their sympathy to his bereaved |
loved ones. —Dublin Gourier-Dis- j
patch.
Herrman White Dead.
The following clipping from
the Atlanta Constitution gives a |
sad account of the suicide of a
young man well known to many
of our readers. His wife was
Miss Schumpert of Vidalia, and
they were married there while
White ran as an express messen
jger out of Dublin:
‘W’hen Herrman C. White, a
• Southern railway switchman fail
j ed to respond to repeated knocks
at his door in Fulton hotel, the
police w r ere called, and when they
entered they found the railroad
man stretched across the bed.
He was dead and strong fumes
of carbolic acid told the tragic
story of his death. White lived
with his wife and children in a
; pretty little cottage, No. G 8 Hood
street, and, according to his rela
j tives, he left home in good spir
its Sunday morning.”
Fire destroyed the Columbus
barrel factory on Monday night.
The loss is about SIB,OOO, and on-1
ly partly covered by insurance.
Levis Lowery of Gadsden, Ala.,
has entered suit against Dr. C.
T. Guire, a prominent surgeon,
for $25,000 damages, alleging
j that Guire left a long rubber tube
!in his stomach when making an
• operation, and a second operation
had to be performed to get itout.
The wholesale warehouse of
W. B. Brigham & Son of Augusta
was burned on Monday, loss
about $50,000. Three carloads of
loaded shotgun shells were ex
ploded, but did no great damage.
W. A. Potter, of Circleville,
Ohio, called on George Martin, a
civil war veteran, to say his
prayers, and then shot him dead,
j Martin had been calling on Pot
ter’s divorced wife.
The Macon, Dublin and Savan
nah Railroad held its annual
meeting recently, and elected of
ficers as follows: J. A. Blair,
Jr., of New York, president; J.
T. Wright of Macon, vice presi
dent and general manager; A. S.
Hale of Macon, secretary and
treasurer.
i
Tom Kelley, aged 41, of the
Cato district in Washington
I county, dropped dead while walk
ing through the house after eat
ng supper on Monday night.
While out rabbit hunting and
standing on a log with his gun,
P’red Norris, a boy of 13 in Wash
ington county, was killed by the
discharge of the gun on Monday.
The gun slipped and the trigger
hit the log.
A tract of land containing
G,()()0 acres has been purchased
on Cape Cod for raising quail,
grouse, pheasant and wild duck
for free distribution.
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The Colonial Shilling.
Tho value of the Colonial BhilllnK
■#as gradually reduced from the Eng
j llsh standard as tho result of per
sistent coin slipping. As early as
1042 Massachusetts raised the rHtlng
of tho Spanish dollar to 5s and Con
j noctlcut took similar, action tho fol
lowing year. In 1046 Virginia raised
j the rating of the dollar to 6s.
In 1052 Massachusetts established
; a mint and began to coin shillings
that were 22V4 per cent, higher than
tho sterling standard. In 1083 tho
Spanish dollar, weighing approximate
ly 17 pennyweights, was rated at Os
9d, while Pennsylvania valued It
at 7s.
The consequence of these vari
ations In tho colonies was that in
1707 parliament passed an act pro
viding that the Spanish piece of 8
reals (dollar) should not bo valued
i at more than Os, hut Bullock tells ub
\ In his “Monetary History of the
j United States” that this law was al-
I most universally Ignored,
j Finally New York and North Caro
j llna settled upon a rating of 8s to the
) dollar, and this valuation was gradu
ally accepted and retained until our
national monetary system was estab
lished.
Blmpla Spelling Move.
A conference between representa
tives of Hrltlsh and American societies
to extend the movement for a simpli
fication of English spelling has Just
been held at University college In Eng
land, with a large number of profes
sors connected with English universi
ties, and the following from America:
Dr. James E. Bright of Johns Hopkins j
university, Charles H. Orandgent of
; Harvard university, Dr. George
i Hempl of Leland Stanford university
I and Dr. Hrander Matthews arid Dr.
Calvin Thomas of Columbia univer
sity. The proceedings were private,
but a report of the conference will
doubtless be made public after It has 1
been submitted to the societies repre
sented.
Foolish Question.
"Are you going to permit your son
to play football when he goes to col
j lege?”
“No. I’m going to koep him from It ;
In the same way that I have kept him
! from smoking cigarettes.”
“Oh, have you kept him from doing
that?”
“Certainly—when he knows I’m
looking.”
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Glen wood, lloute 2.
Special Correspondence.
Misses Martha and Mary Pat
ton spent Sunday last with Miss
Vic Rowland.
Miss Birmah Humphrey is
spending this week with her
brother, Mr. C. C. Humphrey.
Miss Eudelle Morris was called
home to the bedside of her broth
er, Mr. Walter Morris, who is
very low with pnenmonia. We
hope he will soon be restored to
health.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Phalen
visited Mr. Wiggins at Helena
Sunday.
Mr. Tom Watson Humphrey
came down and spent Saturday
and Sunday with home folks.
The party given at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Watson Rowland
Friday night Was a source of
pleasure to all present.
Miss Lizzie Sears is spending
the week-end with her sister,
Mrs. Lollie Patton.
Dr. and Mrs. Rivers Enter
tain at Glenwood.
0
Saturday night last at the
home of Dr. and Mrs. Rivers sev
eral of the young people of Glen
wood spent a few very pleasant
hours. Rook being the game
played, it is needless to say that
the time seemed very short. Af
ter some music furnished by Miss
Jewel Cook, a delightful course
of fruit salad and cake was
served.
The following were present:
Misses Collins, Rivers, Carrolton,
Cook and Mrs. Annie Adams;
Messrs. Hogan, Mumford, Barn
hill and I)r. O’Quin.
Eat Their Horses, But Don’t
Work Them.
Paris, March 19. —Military day
at the Paris Horse Show today
developed the fact that French
army officers are finding it in
creasingly difficult to secure
mounts. The automobile is rap
idly putting the horse out of bus
iness in Paris and throughout
France, with the result that the
breeding of the animals is at a
standstill. The War Department
is in a quandary as 'to how to re
place the source of supply. The
figures of the last census taken
by the recruiting service with a
view of requisitioning in case of
mobilization show that if war
were to be declared France would
have great difficulty and perhaps
find it impossible to secure enough
hor»es. Where a decade ago the
bus companies of Paris had 17,-
000 horses which could have been
requisitioned for the army, there
are now only 5,000, and it is pre
dicted that in a short time all the
busses of the French capital will
he motor propelled. The grow
ing use of horseflesh as food has
also reduced the available supply
of equines as Dobbin dead and
cut up into steaks is more profit
able than Dobbin alive.
Services at Higgston.
Rev. J. I). Rabun of the Bap
tist church will fill an engage
ment in Higgston Saturday, and
his appointment at Bear Greek
will be called off until Sunday
afternoon at 2:30 o’clock.
Card of Thanks.
We beg to join the family of
the lateJ. D. Phillips in thanking
the many friends for words of
kindness and assistance during
; his continued illness. May their
paths be brightened with sun
shine and gladness.
! Jas. W. Adams and Family.
j The vault of the postoffice at
Jasper, Tenn., was blown open
Monday morning by robbers who
got away with SBOO.
EASTER SUPERSTITIONS
Quaint Old Ideas to Which
Our Girls Yet Cling.
We wouldn’t admit it, of
course, but we are all of us more
or less superstitious. We double
up over the sidewalk to pry a pin
out of a crack “just for fun.”
For the same reason we refuse to
be the first to pass in front of a
funeral procession, to let any one
pass between us and the friend
with whom we would not quar
rel, to let the baby look at him
self in the mirror, walk under a
ladder or sleep in number thir
teen nor for anything in the
whole wide world would we ac
cept a watch from a fiance nor
a hatpin nor a pen knife nor any
thing sharp or pointed from a
friend.
Just so with the Elaster girl.
She isn’t the least bit supersti
tious, but she wore a yellow gar
ter last year, donned at Easter,
and Jack did propose to her, so,
just for fun, although, “of
course, there’s nothing in it,”
she’s going to try again—for luck
this time, since Jack is landed.
Tell it not in (lath, but nearly
all girls hold to this superstition,
and little rhyme which explains
it is writ in nearly every one of
‘ their hearts:
A yellow garter,
That's for luck,
For luck and a lover true.
The yellow band
Will sure command
Luck and a sweetheart, too.
And if you will peep beneath
the hats of the pretty, laughing
girls you’ll meet on your way to
church on Easter morning you
will find that several out of each
dozen or so had a bit of blue rib
bon tucked in her hair. All
school girls remember the Scotch
rime:
A blue snook in the hair,
Maiden fair, maiden fair,
On Easter you must wear.
Maiden fair, maiden fair.
And then you’ll find the way,
To a glorious Easter day,
For a lover’ll come to woo you,
true, I say.
—Cora Moore in New York Mai!.
Oconee River Full.
The heavy rains in the upcoun
try are shown here by the high
water in the rivers. The Oconee
was higher at Dublin on Tuesday
than it has been in several years,
and the flood is probably at its
• 1 highest point here today. So far
we have heard no reports of loss
; of stock or other damage.
1
Disorderly Goat Does Up
Two.
Pasadena, Cal., March 16.
One hard-headed, small white
goat of male persuasion and
known under the sobriquet of
Jack Johnson, butted two Pasa
dena patrolmen out of business
and he also put one police motor
cycle out of commission.
Patrolmen I). El. Merrell and
j Joseph Nicoll had the encounter
when the animal was destroying
a bed of rare flora in the grounds
of a millionaire’s mansion. About
$75 worth of horticultural treas
ures had been devoured when
the officers arrived and tried to
tie a rope to the goat’s horns.
The goat charged both, tearing
their clothes to tatters and bruis
ing them severely. Nicoll started
for help on his machine and the
I goat knocked the rider and mo
torcycle into the gutter. Then
Nicoll attacked with a club and
came out second best, with much
pain in the rear midsection of his
anatomy.
Some husky truckmen finally
vanquished the animal.
Hon. Thos. G. Hudsen of At
lanta addressed the citizens of
Vidalia at a chamber of com
merce banquet on Friday night
last.
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